Johnny Depp wrote in blood from severed finger during row with ex-wife Amber Heard, UK court told
- Hollywood star denies violently attacking former spouse and accuses her of cutting his hand by throwing bottle at him
- Depp tells court he suffered ‘nervous breakdown’ during confrontation, as libel trial continues over tabloid article describing him as ‘wife beater’
Hollywood star Johnny Depp wrote on a wall with blood from his severed finger tip during a long and violent confrontation with his ex-wife Amber Heard, London’s High Court heard on Thursday at his libel case against a British tabloid.
Depp told the court he suffered “some species of nervous breakdown” during a row with actress Heard, but denied he had violently attacked her and accused her of cutting his finger by throwing a bottle at him.
The revelations came on the third day of Depp’s appearance in the witness box as he sues the publisher of Britain’s The Sun tabloid, News Group Newspapers, over an article in which it labelled the actor a “wife beater”.
Throughout the case, Depp has rejected all accusations that he was violent towards his former wife, saying that they were part of hoax created by Heard as an insurance policy.
“She was building a wonderful dossier, an insurance policy for when we did break up,” he said.